LEAGUE ONE
By Chris Dunlavy

LINCOLN City manager Michael Skubala has been rewarded for last season’s heroics with a bumper new contract that will keep him at Sincil Bank until the end of the 2027-28 campaign. The former Leeds and England Under-18 coach, 41, replaced Mark Kennedy at the League One club in November and orchestrated a remarkable 16game unbeaten run that powered the Imps into play-off contention.
A final-day defeat at home to champions Portsmouth saw them fall agonisingly short of the top six, but with Skubala’s work drawing admiring glances from rival clu...